Douglas Labout Jr
Englewood
Summary
Knowledgeable Sprinkler Service Technician with solid background in diagnosing and repairing complex mechanical issues. Successfully executed maintenance tasks and troubleshooting techniques to ensure optimal system performance. Demonstrated technical expertise and problem-solving abilities in fast-paced environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sprinkler Service Technician
Pye Barker
Arvada, CO
09.2023 - Current
- Repair, maintenance, and inspections of Wet, Dry, Antifreeze, Deluge, Pre-Action systems
- Conduct Fire Pump repairs, repacking, shaft alignments, coupling replacement, and testing (Cert Through FireTech)
- Experience in Steel, Copper, CPVC
- Tracking labor hours and material costs
- Presentation of sales leads/quotes
- On-Call Technician
Fire Sprinkler Division Manager
Pre Action Fire Llc
Denver, CO
02.2023 - 09.2023
- Managed team of 5 people.
- Sales experience to include estimates, proposals, and contract preparation.
- Project Management to include change order preparation, material ordering, production scheduling, vendor coordination, and job walks/surveys.
- Coordination with design team on all projects.
- Upkeep of sprinkler employee licenses, and formal training opportunities.
- Held all licensure for state and local registration for business.
- CO state and Denver license current.
- Train and mentor journeymen and apprentices.
- Track labor hours and material costs.
- Maintain safety culture.
- Experience in steel, cpvc, copper, poz-lok installation and repair.
- Field technician/ Foreman responsibilities.
Sprinkler Service Technician
Red Rocks Fire Protection
Littleton, CO
07.2022 - 01.2023
- On-Call service tech
- Material ordering
- Denver license current.
- CO state license current.
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Aero Automatic Sprinkler Co
Denver, CO
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Coordination with PM on back orders, change orders, changes in scope, delivery schedules to reflect phasing plans
- Track labor hours and material costs on jobs
- Maintain production schedules
- Devise plans to work around material supply issues due to Covid 19 and world economics
- Manage teams of 2-6 people
- Maintain safety culture
- Installation of new sprinkler systems including new fire pumps
- Experience in Steel, Cpvc, Copper
- Coordinate with vendors and General contractors
- Testing of systems
- Train, mentor, coach journeymen and apprentices
- CO and Denver license current
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Impact Fire Services
Englewood, CO
11.2019 - 01.2022
- Track cost of labor time and materials on jobs/ Maintain production schedule
- Cultivate relationships with our customers to ensure satisfaction
- Keep open communication with sales team to address change orders/ changes in scope
- Manage teams of 2-8+ people
- Leader in safety compliance
- Install, repair, maintain sprinkler systems (Wet, Dry, Antifreeze, Deluge, Pre-Action)
- Experience in Steel, Cpvc, Copper
- Installation of Special Hazard Systems (FM200, Novec 1230, Foam)
- Coordination with general contractors, vendors, other trades
- Follow up with vendors over back ordered materials, missing items
- Testing and inspection to include 5 year internal/obstruction, fdc hydro
- Train ,mentor, coach journeymen and apprentices
- On-call Service Tech
- Denver Sprinkler License Current
- CO State license current
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Johnson Controls
Aurora, CO
01.2017 - 11.2019
- Cultivate and maintain good working relationships between sales, PM, GC, and customers
- Maintain time management and scheduling to ensure production schedule meets or come in under project bid
- Formulate mix rate data based on current performance to address issues as quickly as possible
- Tracking cost of time and material used on projects
- Manage teams up to 10 people
- Redesign of sprinkler system sections to follow federal, state, and local fire code
- GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) walls and floors to layout core penetrations
- Coring penetrations through walls and floors for system installation
- Coordination with other trades to ensure system redesign and installation goes smoothly
- Sprinkler System installation (Wet, Dry, Antifreeze, Deluge, Pre-Action)
- Experience in Steel, Cpvc, Copper
- Installation/ Maintenance of Special Hazard Systems (FM200, Novec 1230, Foam, Halon, Sapphire)
- Train, mentor, coach journeymen and apprentices
- Member of Safety Committee
Dismantling Manager/ Inventory Manager/ Heavy Machinery Operator
Stadium Auto Parts
Denver, CO
10.2015 - 01.2017
- Production material ordering
- Maintain production/dismantle schedule
- Managed crew of 6 dismantlers
- Coach employees
- Weekly payroll entry
- Coordinating with vendors for such things as tire sales, refrigerant pickup/swap, crushed vehicle pickup
- Safety coordinator/ advocate
- Coordination with Denver Fire Dept. biweekly training for new fire fighters
- Feeding vehicles to dismantlers for work orders
- Inspection/maintenance of car lifts, forklifts, front end loader, etc.
- Maintain vehicle crushing schedule
- Data entry for vehicle part description and part option codes
- Inventory of all vehicles and parts to be sold
- Design and maintenance of entire yard
- Weekly safety and production meetings
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Apprentice
SimplexGrinnell
Denver, CO
12.2012 - 10.2015
- Install, repair, maintain fire sprinkler systems across several states (Wet, Dry, Antifreeze, Deluge, Pre-Action)
- Worked with state and federal fire inspectors
- Awarded multi-million dollar contract for Gaylord Resort & Convention Center
- Reading and understanding Prints for system layout and installation
- Worked for many high visibility companies such as the National Renewable Energies Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Google, Oracle Data, Jefferson County Court House, Marvin Foot Juvenile Penitentiary, multiple police municipalities, Colorado Mills mall, Flatirons mall, Four Seasons Hotel, CU Colorado Springs, CU Boulder, and many more.
Part Sales Manager
Autozone
Arvada, CO
12.2011 - 12.2012
- Opening/Closing manager
- Safe balancing
- Cash ordering
- Weekly employee scheduling
- Daily till balancing
- Customer Service
- Upkeep of SDS Materials
Education
High School Diploma -
Arvada West High School
Arvada, COSkills
- Blueprint reading
- Communication skills
- Supervising experience
- Commercial Construction
- OSHA
- Installation and repair
- Attention to detail
- Preventive Maintenance
- Punctual and reliable
- Troubleshooting skills
- Documentation and reporting
- Inventory management
- Customer relationship management
Accomplishments
- Supervised teams of 2 to 10 fitters/apprentices
- Part of leadership team running high visibility projects
- Leader in safety
Certification
- OSHA 10 March 2015 to Present
- Scissor Lifts June 2021 to June 2024
- Denver sprinkler Journeymans license March 2020 to March 2023
- Colorado State Journeymans License July 2020 to June 2021
- All terrain forklifts June 2017 to June 2020
- Confined Space May 2014 to May 2017
Timeline
Sprinkler Service Technician
Pye Barker
09.2023 - Current
Fire Sprinkler Division Manager
Pre Action Fire Llc
02.2023 - 09.2023
Sprinkler Service Technician
Red Rocks Fire Protection
07.2022 - 01.2023
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Aero Automatic Sprinkler Co
01.2022 - 06.2022
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Impact Fire Services
11.2019 - 01.2022
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Foreman
Johnson Controls
01.2017 - 11.2019
Dismantling Manager/ Inventory Manager/ Heavy Machinery Operator
Stadium Auto Parts
10.2015 - 01.2017
Fire Sprinkler Fitter Apprentice
SimplexGrinnell
12.2012 - 10.2015
Part Sales Manager
Autozone
12.2011 - 12.2012
High School Diploma -
Arvada West High School
Military Service
E-2 | United States Marine Corps
Additional Information
Authorized to work in the US for any employer